Pawed
/pɔːd/noun
Past tense and past participle of paw, meaning to touch or strike with the paw or with the hands.
Did you know?In English, the verb *paw* developed from the noun *paw* and was long used for animals moving or striking clumsily with their feet, before expanding to human gestures of grabbing or feeling around.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*ped-
“foot”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*fōtuz
“foot”
Old English
English
fōt
“foot”
Middle English
English
pawe
“paw of an animal”
Modern English
English
paw
“the foot of an animal with claws or pads; to handle clumsily with the hands”
Modern English
English
pawed
“handled or touched clumsily with the hands, or struck with a paw”